Mythology
One of his labors was cleaning the stables of King Augeas.
Has a day of the week named for him.
Who is Thor?
This Carolyn Keene character has been solving crimes for more than 80 years; her latest books are her diaries.
Who is Nancy Drew?
Our closest neighbor. It has a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead.
What is Venus?
What are ashes?
Who is Poseidon?
Shares his name with a triathlon.
Who is Iron Man?
For stealing a loaf of bread during the French Revolution, he ended up serving 19 years.
Who is Jean Valjean?
It's most prominent feature, the great red spot is more than twice as wide as the Earth.
What is Jupiter?
From the goddess of flowers, we get this term for the plants of a particular country or region.
What is flora?
This goddess of wisdom had an unusual parentage -- no mom just sprang full grown out of Zeus' head.
Who is Athena?
Shares his name with a character on M*A*S*H.
Who is Hawkeye?
On the day of her wedding, she learns that her groom-to-be, Mr. Rochester already has a wife.
Who is Jane Eyre?
It's frozen dry ice polar caps recede and advance with the planet's seasons.
What is Mars?
An alternative name for the god Jupiter is invoked in the popular exclamation "by" this.
What is Jove?
He made wax wings so he and his son Icarus could escape Crete, a great plan in theory but...
Sounds like a deadly spider.
Who is Black Widow?
This teen classic from the '60s features brothers Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy.
Who are The Outsiders?
Named for the first ruler of the universe in Greek mythology, it was the first to be discovered by telescope.
What is "Uranus"?
The name of this handsome youth loved by Aphrodite is now a synonym for any handsome young man.
What is Adonis?
She wasn't just the Greek goddess of the rainbow -- she personified it too.
Was a role in "Easy Rider".
Who is Captain America?
As the book begins, Santiago had "gone eighty-four days...without taking a fish".
What is "The Old Man and the Sea"?
Methane clouds in it's atmostphere give it a distinctive look.
What is Neptune?
The arch of a woman's upper lip is sometimes called Cupid's this.
What is (Cupid's) Bow?